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Mesimeri Mound

PK	C1675
TITLE	Mesimeri Mound
WGS84	40.417916° N, 23.005001° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	40.417916, 23.005001
LON/LAT	23.005001, 40.417916

DMS

40° 25' 4.4976" N

23° 0' 18.0036" E

W3W	evaporating, tonsils, cooperate
UTM	34 T, 670104, 4476074
EGSA87	415437, 4474333

Elevation m	111
Elevation feet	364.2
Region	Macedonia
Subregion	Chalcidice

GENERAL SITE TYPE Cem

TYPE

1.    Grave.   Simpson [1981], 183    'The earliest graves in a cremation cemetery here were said to be Mycenaean.'
2.    Mound.   French [1967], 21    'Topography: mound, a small touma, on a shallow ridge, ... '
3.    Sherds.   French [1967], 62    'EB - EB 2: 1-7 ; EB 3: 8-9'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Early Bronze Age: (3200 BC - 2100 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH IIIC?'

2. Early Bronze Age II: (3000 BC - 2700 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 62, 'EB - EB 2: 1-7 ; EB 3: 8-9'

3. Early Bronze Age III: (2700 BC - 2200 BC)
    a.    French [1967]: 62, 'EB - EB 2: 1-7 ; EB 3: 8-9'

4. Late Bronze Age: (1570 BC - 1200 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH IIIC?'

5. LH IIIC: (1190 BC - 1060 BC)
    a.    Simpson [1981]: 183, 'EB LB? LH IIIC?'

NOTE

1. The Mycenaean Atlas Project would like to thank Dr. Stratos Nanoglou of the University of Thessalonika for making available a copy of French [1967] which would have been otherwise difficult to obtain.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. French [1967]: French, D.H.. Index of Prehistoric Sites in Central Macedonia and Catalogue of Sherd Material in The University of Thessaloniki. Athens, 'Mesimeri C 11', pg. 21.

2. Simpson [1981]: Simpson, Richard Hope. Mycenaean Greece. Park Ridge, New Jersey: Noyes Press, 1981., 'Mesimeri', pg. 183. DH French, CM No. C 11
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